Object Details
Creator
Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur
Nells (Brussels)
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed text on verso reads: "Chef Mangebetu en costume de gala. / Mangbetoe-hoofd in groot ornaat."
Translated postcard caption reads, "Mangbetu Chief in celebration costume."
Manuscript on recto reads: "Magongasa. Chef Mangbetu. A Nancazizi. Rungu."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Edition des Dominicaines Missionaires de Naumur / 44, rue de Belvédère, Salzinnes -- (Reprod. interdite)." Publisher's logo on verso: "Nels."
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Local Numbers
EEPA CG-15-32
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topic
Leaders
Costume -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa
Creator
Dominicaines Missionnaires de Namur
Nells (Brussels)
Culture
Mangbetu (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
ca. 1910
Container
Volume 2 CG
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1999-140004
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref2461
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087579-3